STAAR Practice Quiz 2

STAAR Practice Quiz 2

8th Grade

10 Qs

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STAAR Practice Quiz 2

STAAR Practice Quiz 2

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

Easy

Created by

Kim Coffman

Used 42+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is "urbanization"?
A time period when many new industries were built in America
When cities grow and more people move into them
Increasing farming in rural areas
People moving from other countries into American cities

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong is called
logical.
goodness.
common sense.
virtue.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At one time, the eastern part of the US was well-developed, but the western part (especially California) was not. What invention or development linked the 2 areas together and helped the west to grow?
The airplane
The telegraph
The highway system
The Transcontinental Railroad

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

While Andrew Jackson was president, many Native Americans were forced off their land by a law called the Indian Removal Act of 1830. When the Indians moved, it was called the
Trail of Heartbreak
Trail of Tears
Road to Glory
March to Freedom

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The idea that citizens have the right to privacy and to be free from government control is called
Minimum Government Intrusion, also known as Laissez Faire
right to privacy
the 4th amendment
the Bill of Rights

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the law that set up how the US territories could grown and expand and how those territories could become states?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Law of the Northwest Territory
State Ordinance Law of 1787
Free Enterprise Law

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Many people thought that slavery should be done away with and started a social/political movement to end slavery. What was this movement called?
The Free Citizen Movement
End Slavery Now Movement
Abolitionism
The Right to Vote for All Movement

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